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Communism
Courtois, Stephane, and others. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Harvard University Press, 1999. A controversial study of Communism's crimes and victims; a best-seller in Europe.
Ebenstein, Alan O., and others. Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism. Prentice Hall, 1993. A standard work on comparative systems.
Fariello, Griffin. Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition: An Oral History. Avon Books, 1996. Oral accounts from individuals who were persecuted in the United States under McCarthyism and the “Red Scare.”
Freeland, Chrystia. Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism. Crown, 2000. A look at Russia's abandonment of Communism and its embrace of capitalism's worst excesses.
Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. Trans. David Higham. The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition. Verso Books, 1998. The single most influential piece of literature in communist doctrine, responsible for igniting the spread of communism throughout the world. First published 150 years ago, this work lays down the ideals behind communism.
Pipes, Richard. Communism. Random House, 2001. An authoritative single-volume history of Communism, from theory to practice to its death.
Volkogonov, Dmitri. Autopsy for an Empire: The Seven Leaders Who Built the Soviet Regime. Ed. and trans. Harold Shukman. Free Press, 1998. Profiles the seven leaders who helped shape the history of the Soviet Union.
Zhu, Xiao Di. Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China. University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. This personal account of a man who grew up in China and witnessed the Cultural Revolution provides insight into life inside Communist China.
For younger readers
Gottfried, Ted. The Road to Communism. 21st Century, 2002. Part of a 4-volume series on the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, for readers in grade 8 and up.
Kort, Michael G. Marxism in Power: The Rise and Fall of a Doctrine. Millbrook, 1993. For readers in grade 7 and up.
Rice, Earle. The Cold War: Collapse of Communism. Lucent, 2000. For readers in grades 8 to 12.
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Political theory
Beitz, Charles R. Political Theory and International Relations. Rev. ed. Princeton University Press, 1999. The author's view of what international relations and political theory should be.
De Tocqueville, Alexis.  Ed. J. P. Mayer. Trans. George Lawrence. Democracy in America. HarperCollins, 1988. Portrait of American character, politics, and life by a man who considered American democracy the greatest political experiment of modern times. A classic work first published in the 1830s.
Ebenstein, William, and Edwin Fogelman. Today's Isms: Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism. Prentice Hall, 1993. Concise analysis of the principles and policies of four isms that shape the world.
Harris, Ian. The Mind of John Locke: A Study of Political Theory in Its Intellectual Setting. Cambridge University Press, 1994. Biography of John Locke that emphasizes his political ideas.
Portis, Edward B. Reconstructing the Classics: Political Theory from Plato to Marx. 2nd ed. Seven Bridges Press, 1998. An attempt to re-introduce and re-energize our approach to classic political theories.
Sheldon, Garrett Ward. Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Facts on File, 2001. Encompasses Western, Indian, Islamic, and Chinese thought.

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